America has become a nation of sheep
Thu, 09/09/2021 - 12:00am
I decided to bypass the article I was dead set on writing about the president and his mess in Afghanistan.
Opinion
Summer reading program at OCLAC
Thu, 09/09/2021 - 12:00am
During June and July, the Children’s Library of the Olney Community Library and Arts Center provided an opportunity for young readers to keep track of their reading during the summer months.
Destination: Olney, TX
Thu, 09/09/2021 - 12:00am
Life seems to have a way of putting us in situations that we would never do to ourselves. I am not sure that I would have ever picked Olney as the place to settle in and call home.
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Earns Multiple Performance Awards
Thu, 09/02/2021 - 12:00am
Jared Bodkin of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Seymour recently earned the firm’s Frank Finnegan Award for his exceptional achievement in building client relationships. He also received the firm’s exclusive Century Award for outstanding performance during 2020, along with the Soar to Success Award for achievements made in a financial advisor’s first five years with the firm.
“Texans don’t like to be told what to do...really?”
Thu, 09/02/2021 - 12:00am
Several of the responses I received about the article I wrote last week went something like this: “This is Texas, I am Texan, and I don’t want the government telling me what to do.” Well, who does want the government bossing them around, especially about personal matters? I never want to come across like I am standing on a soapbox and telling you how to live your life. That is not my job, and that would take too much effort. My goal is simple, to stimulate thought and perhaps a paradigm shift--on a good day.